Vol. 1Volume 1

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Chapters 1–50 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Scavenger’s Rise

Shen Yan used his system to fight Japanese agents and protect people in Shanghai while hiding his true loyalties from the puppet police. After surviving Lu Tinghui and Kuroiwa Masao’s tests, he was appointed captain of a new Special Operations Squad.

  • Shen Yan rescued Su Wan, killed his abusive superior Wang Panghai, and gained combat skills that helped him confront local thugs alongside Old Chen.
  • Shen Yan became Old Chen’s godson, killed two Japanese ronin, then rescued Su Wan’s wounded comrade A Yuan and helped the underground Party escape a Japanese crackdown.
  • Japanese authorities began hunting the mysterious Scavenger, while Shen Yan identified deputy chief Lu Tinghui as a Japanese agent and protected people named on a purge list.
  • Shen Yan destroyed a Japanese convoy carrying classified documents, then warned underground Party and Military Statistics Bureau contacts before the Japanese could arrest them.
  • Lu Tinghui tested Shen Yan by making him interrogate a supposed Communist, and Shen caught the prisoner, Japanese agent Matsumoto Ichiro, in a lie.
  • Shen Yan saved Old Chen’s adopted daughter Zhaodi from being sold, then joined a stakeout of an opium deal that ended in a firefight and his rescue of Lu Tinghui and the surviving officers.
  • After recovering, Shen Yan fooled Kuroiwa Masao with a comic explanation for his scar, and Lu appointed him captain of a new Special Operations Squad.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Scavenger’s Campaign

Shen Yan used his position in the Japanese-controlled police to disrupt enemy operations, supply resistance forces, and conceal his role in a string of attacks. After Li Shiqun threatened his family, Shen Yan destroyed No. 76 and left its remaining agents scattered or dead.

  • Shen Yan excelled in training, graduated first, and secretly saved the prisoners condemned at the ceremony by arranging for Qian Bin’s comrades to revive them.
  • Shen Yan foiled Li Kui’s raid on a Military Statistics Bureau contact point, then used his clone to destroy the Hongkou arsenal and steal the Shinshu Maru’s looted treasures.
  • Shen Yan helped Hou Boquan’s guerrillas ambush Japanese and puppet troops, then misled Kuroiwa Masao and Doihara Kenji until they officially ended their investigation.
  • Shen Yan supplied Qian Bin’s forces, exposed No. 76 agents following him, and helped the Military Statistics Bureau evacuate its Yangpu Wharf supply point.
  • Shen Yan partnered with the Great Mister to open Hot Springs, where he gathered intelligence and destroyed a train carrying cholera stock solution before burning Unit 731 in Harbin.
  • After learning of a planned Japanese campaign against the 129th Division, Shen Yan hosted Li Shiqun at Hot Springs and secretly tracked him to his residence.
  • Shen Yan and his clone killed Li Shiqun, Ye Jiqing, and nine No. 76 agents, then poisoned 21 more agents and rescued 18 prisoners before destroying No. 76’s headquarters.
  • Shen Yan hunted down people listed in No. 76’s files, while its remaining agents fled, resigned, or hid, and Ding Mocun was dismissed and later found dead.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read